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Being “The Library” Again
What would it take for “the library” to regain its former stature? To be recognized as the primary institution for free and equitable access to information? To be the place where people turn first to get answers to everyday questions, … Continue reading
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Digital Natives Want ‘More’ From Their Public Libraries
A colleague recently put me onto a study by the Idaho Commission for Libraries that collected feedback on “Perceptions of Idaho’s Digital Natives on Public Libraries“. It is a very comprehensive, eye-opening, and highly useful study from which I believe … Continue reading
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Millennials & the NEW American Dream
Born between 1981 and 2000, also known as “The 9/11 Generation” and possibly “Echo Boomers”, this generation is now in the workforce, and the second half of the generation is entering college. This generation is said to be a sharp … Continue reading
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21st Century Library Strategy – Change!
Last week during the Edgy Librarian webinar there were some excellent topics discussed. Lybrarian Blog has a nice review of some of it, with more to follow. One session that I listened to that peaked my interest was the “Culture … Continue reading
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21st Century Library Strategic Management
In my Strategic Planning series of posts in the fall of 2010, I stated that the Strategic Plan was essential to the survival of a 21st Century Library. That series was fairly comprehensive in addressing the Strategic Planning model that … Continue reading
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Changes in Our Librarian Education for the 21st Century – Revisited
In my original Post Changes in Our Librarian Education for the 21st Century in May, 2010, I wrote the following. Unfortunately, much of the MLS theory gets lost in the face of reality dealing with customers and daily issues. The … Continue reading
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Librarian or Radical Social Activist?
Last weekend began ALA’s Midwinter conference. Obviously, librarians (and others associated with the profession) got together to discuss the old and new topics of the profession – mostly old. But LIBRARYJOURNAL Online posted this on Saturday – ALA Midwinter 2012: … Continue reading
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2011 Blog in Review
The WordPress.com stats folks prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 57,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert … Continue reading
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Two Years of Blogging
Today marks the beginning of year three of my blogging adventure. The past two years have been an adventurous, bewildering, challenging, discouraging, encouraging, enlightening, exciting, exasperating, frustrating, and satisfying experience (don’t worry I wasn’t planning an alphabetical listing of emotions). … Continue reading
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The Excellent Library Leader…
… charges, she doesn’t just walk. She leans in to talk to people to show she really wants to hear them, and she listens with her whole body when someone is talking to her. Her face is always open and … Continue reading
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